Showcase your Dangerous Game hunting cartridges

[Northern Shooter]

I like to visualize the differences between these cartridges when they are side by side, especially some of the less common offerings. Let’s see the DG cartridges in your stable.

Pictured above:

375HH - 300 Gr - PPU SP

416 Rigby - 400 Gr - Sako A Frame

458 WinMag - 500 Gr - Norma Solid

500 NE - 570 Gr - Hornady DGS

 

[CoElkHunter]

The 500NE looks scary. I can feel the recoil just from the photo. LOL

 

[Pondoro]

 

[Pondoro]

 

[BeeMaa]

Barnes TSX 300 grain 375H&H. I also have some handloaded 300 grain Woodleigh Hydros somewhere.

 

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[Hunter-Habib]

The one & only .375 Holland & Holland Magnum

 

[grand veneur]

I don't have a bad opinion of the cartridge 375 H&H Magnum. I have hunted with it several times and also shot buffaloes, but have never owned a rifle of this caliber.

 

[grand veneur]

Addition to the picture on #6 :

f.l.t.r.:

9,3x64 Woodleigh 320gr PP SN

11,2x72 Schüler Degol 401gr FMJ

460 Weatherby Magnum Woodleigh 500gr PP SN

12,7x70 Schüler Woodleigh 535gr FMJ

577 Nitro Express Kynoch 750gr FMJ

600 Nitro Express Woodleigh 900gr FMJ

As far as the Kynoch cartridge is concerned, I still have some in stock. I also shot some of them. A big game hunter must have fired Cordite cartridges at some point and smelled the smell of Cordite early in the morning. ...It smells like NC-powder.

 

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11,2x72 Schüler Degol 401gr FMJ

 

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[Pondoro]

The King..

 

[bohannon]

470 nitro express (Hornady DGX 500g) and 375 H&H (Barnes TSX 300g)

 

[Safari Dave]

.375 H&H Magnum
.378 Weatherby Magnum
.404 Jeffery
.416 Rigby
.458 Winchester Magnum
.458 Lott
.460 Weatherby Magnum
.470 Nitro Express

 

[Pondoro]

450/400 3.25 Nitro Express..pre WW2 Kynoch Solids

 

[Northern Shooter]

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470 nitro express (Hornady DGX 500g) and 375 H&H (Barnes TSX 300g)

The 470NE has to be one of the longest DG cartridges, it makes the 375 look miniscule in comparison.

 

[Northern Shooter]

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Short and beefy, it's hard to imagine that much energy is packed into such a compact package.

 

[Northern Shooter]

The 500NE looks scary. I can feel the recoil just from the photo. LOL

Pretty sure it's the softest shooting of all the >0.50cals too haha.